COUNTY, COURTNEY ZAVALA, KPRC LOCAL 2. THANK YOU. IT WAS A GRUESOME SCENE INSIDE A CYPRESS HOME. A FAMILY OF FOUR INCLUDING TWO SMALL CHILDREN FOUND MURDERED. RIGHT NOW THE REWARD TO FIND OUT WHO IS RESPONSIBLE IS BEING INCREASED TO $70,000. ON JANUARY 30, THE BODIES OF THE FAMILY WERE FOUND IN THEIR HOME. THEY HAD BEEN SHOT TO DEATH. MARK BOYLE JOINING US LIVE FROM NORTHWEST HARRIS COUNTY WITH THE LATEST ON THIS INVESTIGATION. MARK? YOU MENTIONED JANUARY 30. THAT'S WHEN THE BODIES WERE DISCOVERED BUT INVESTIGATORS AND THE SHERIFF HAVE NARROWED DOWN THE TIME OF WHEN THEY BELIEVE THE FAMILY OF FOUR WAS KILLED. THEY BELIEVE IT HAPPENED ON JANUARY 24 IN THE EVENING. THE PRESS CONFERENCE HERE AT THE CIVIC CENTER IN CYPRESS BEHIND ME JUST WRAPPED UP A SHORT TIME AGO. ON THE SCREEN, THE FAMILY OF FOUR, ALL OF THEM SHOT AND KILLED. THEY WERE SHOT IN THE HEAD ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS, TWO YOUNG BOYS, AGES 7 AND 9, AND THEIR PARENTS, MOTHER AND FATHER, ALSO KILLED IN THAT HOME OFF OF FOSTER CREEK DRIVE. WITH A REWARD UP TO $70,000, THAT WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY, ALSO IN ADDITION TO THAT A LARGE SCALE PLEA FOR THE PUBLIC'S HELP. BILLBOARDS ARE GOING OUT ACROSS THE AREA AND ACROSS THE STATE. THERE ARE GOING TO BE FOUR BILLBOARDS IN THE HOUSTON AREA. AFTERWARDS THE SHERIFF SPOKE ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION AND WHAT HE HAS TO DO, ESPECIALLY THE CHALLENGES AHEAD. WE'RE GOING STATEWIDE WITH THE DIGITAL BILLBOARD, BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COVERING AS MUCH TERRITORY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN, LOOKING FOR THE PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS HORRIFIC CRIME. THE MORE I THINK ABOUT IT, I WILL ASK FOR YOUR INDULGENCE BECAUSE I'M GETTING A LITTLE TOO PERSONALLY INVOLVED IN THIS. I STILL CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY SOMEONE WOULD WANT TO TAKE THE LIVES OF TWO CHILDREN. EVIL HAS OCCURRED AND OUR INVESTIGATORS ARE WORKING TO CONFRONT THEM AND BRING THEM TO JUSTICE. SO FAR, NO ARRESTS IN THIS CASE. THE SHERIFF SAYS HE DOES NOT KNOW OF ANY CLEAR MOTIVE EITHER. THAT'S ONE OF THE FRUSTRATIONS HERE. SO IT'S UNCLEAR WHY THAT FAMILY WAS TARGETED. AS FOR THOSE DIGITAL BILLBOARDS THAT WILL GO LIVE THIS AFTERNOON, IN THE HOUSTON AREA LOCATED AT 59 NEAR BUSH AIRPORT. TWO LOCATIONS ON I-10, AND ON HIGHWAY 6 AS WELL. SO A LOT GOING FORWARD HERE. THEY ARE STILL WAITING FOR FORENSIC EVIDENCE TO COME BACK, EVIDENCE COLLECTED AT THE HOME HERE IN CYPRESS. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION CRIMESTOPPERS WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU AND YOU COULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR A REWARD UP TO

HOUSTON -

Law enforcement officials have increased the reward to find the person(s) responsible for murdering a family of four from the Cypress area.

On Jan. 30, Harris County Sheriff's Office deputies were dispatched on a welfare check to a residence located on the 14000 block of Fosters Creek Drive in northwest Harris County. Deputies say they found the bodies of four people -- two parents and two children -- in the home. All suffered gunshot wounds to the head.

Deputies identified the parents as Maoye Sun, 50, and his wife, Mei Xie, 49, and the children as their sons, Titus and Timothy Sun.

The husband and wife were Chinese immigrants and they had two young sons who attended nearby Sampson Elementary School. Family friends say one boy was in second grade and the other was in fourth grade.

Harris County Sheriff's Office investigators say they have narrowed the time frame of when the murders occurred to 28 hours -- between 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24 when the husband left work, and 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, when the boys failed to appear at a Boy Scouts event.

Crime Stoppers of Houston announced Wednesday that the reward for information leading to the filing of felony charges or arrest of the suspect(s) responsible has been increased to $70,000. The announcement was made at a press conference hosted at the Cole's Crossing Community Center in Cypress.

Sheriff Adrian Garcia, investigators from the Harris County Sheriff's Office Homicide Unit, Clear Channel Outdoor and members of the Houston Chinese Alliance were in attendance. Investigators also briefed the public on the status of the ongoing investigation into the incident and released a photo of the family.

Clear Channel Outdoor will display advertisements announcing the increased reward and message, "WHO KILLED THE SUN FAMILY? $70,000 REWARD," on its digital billboards around Houston and other major Texas cities.

The HCSO is working with the FBI and other law enforcement agencies to solve the murder puzzle, according to Garcia.

Anyone with information about the identity of the suspect(s) is asked to contact Crime Stoppers of Houston.

Crime Stoppers will pay up to $70,000 for any information that leads to the filing of felony charges or arrest of the suspect(s) in this case. Download Houston Crime Stoppers in the Apple App Store, the Google Play Store and the Blackberry App World. Call 713-222-TIPS (8477). Text TIP610 plus your tip to CRIMES (274637). Or click here to submit a tip online.

All tipsters remain anonymous.

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